Attachment for umbrellas, walking sticks, handles of tennis bats, and the like



May 13, 1930. J. F. SHAW 1,758,379

ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS WALKI NG STICKS, HANDLES OF TENNIS BATS, ANDTHE LIKE Fil-ed NOV; 20, 1925 nuunguuunu] aw z o Art) Patented May 13,1930 was FRANCIS snnw, or LONDON, E GLAND nrrAo M Nr'Fon nmnnnnrns,WALKING STICKS, HANDLES or TENNIS BArrs, ANn

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Application filed November 20, 1925, Serial No. 70,336, and. in GreatBritain November 21', 1924.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for umbrellas,walking sticks, handles of tennis bats and the like, such attachmentbeing of the known kind comprising an arm or hook mounted on the stick,shaft or handle for facilitating the carrying of parcels or otherobjects and enabling the hand to be left free or unencumbered except forthe stick. Such attachments have previously consisted of a single hookrigidly, removably or pivotally attached to the stick.

According to this invention, however, the attachment comprises a pair ofhooks or arms, rigidly, removably or pivotally mounted on or in thestick or the like near that part of the handle usually gripped by thehand, one arm projecting, or being capable of projecting, upwards fromone side of the stick being adapted to serve for the suspension of aparcel of other object while the other arm, projecting, or being capableof projecting downwards from the other side of the stick, serves for thesuspension of the stick, umbrella or the like from a hook or rack on thewall or other object or from a pocket or otherpart of a persons dress.If the hooks are fixed, they may either be fixed on or in the stick orthey may be clamped or clipped to the stick.

Or, on the other hand, the hooks, which are conveniently made integral,may be pivoted in a slot in the stick or the hooks with their pivot aremounted in a casing which is in-' sorted and fixed in the slot, or thepivots may be outside of the stick.

And in order that thevinvention may be readily carried into effect,reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in'

which Figure 1 is a view in which the hooks are mounted in a casing. V

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the casing. Figure 3 is an end elevationthereof. Figure 4 is a developed plan view of the mount of amodification.

Figure 5 is an elevation of the apparatus applied to a stick 011 theleft hand side there- Figure 6 is a similar view on the right hand s1dethereof,

Figure 7 1s a plan vlew, and

Figure 8 is a vertical section of another modification combined with adevice for holding together the tips of the ribs of an umbrella.

,In carrying the invention into efieot as shown in Figssl, 2 and 3, thestick a, is pro: vided with hooks b and 05 which are-pivotally mountedat 0 in a casing 1" comprising two long sides united at the top andbottom by narrow strips 1" a" and adapted to fi-t in a slot in the stickand this casing is conveniently furnished with a spring 8 riveted at oneend toor integral with the casing. This spring, cO-acting with suitablyformed surfaces 1) o angular to each other on'the central part or bossof the doublejhookholds them. either in the .closed or the extendedposition. The hook may also be provided with a projection or knob twhich on being stick.

As shown in Figures 4 to .7 inclusive, the

band 03 ofspring steel or other suitable elastic metal is furnished withtwo pairsof per-for-ated lugs f and f -inwhicl1 are mounted the hooksmarked b andl cl. The band is narrow atone end and furnished with asmall projection or hook g which is adapted to engage in any one of theslots The band d is, more over, provided with two tongues m which arebent outwards slightly to form springs. ]The hooks V and v0 Yarefurthenmorefiattened at 3 near the ends of their shanks and theseflattened portions y are adapted to engagewith the spring tongues atwhen the hooks 6 and c are mounted in the perforated lugs f and frespectively. The hooks proper are bent so as to lie as close aspossible to the stick .a when in their folded positions. Owing to theflat shape of the shanks .ofthe hooks and the elasticity of the tonguesm the hooksareadapted to be forcibly heldin theirezrtended positionswhen the flats y engage the spring tongues and also the folded conditionbecause the edg f he fla n ea h base a ma en ne LOO closed condition,close to the stick and adapttongue.

the dead centre and is pressed by the said The Construction shown inFigure 8 is very similar except that the band 658 is endless being aring, slidable on a sleeve 2, provided with a head or flange ateach'end'to prevent the band from coming off. The sleeve 2 is secured tothe stick by a pin passing through a hole a. The band or ring (i isfurnished at the bottom with a skirt-like extension d to receive theends of the umbrella ribs a and perforated to receive the hooks whichare otherwise fashioned and mounted as de scribed =;with referencetoFigures i to 7. As in that case also there are two spring tongues V w wadapted to engage the flattened shanks 'of the hooks "otally mounted. onthe ring so below thejlatter and adapted to support an objecthungthereon and elastic means for If and c Iclaim: l c 7 11. An attachmentfor an umbrella stick comprising,"incombination, a sleeve for encirclingthe stick, a ring slid'able on the said "sleeve,f'a skirt-like extensionon said ring adapted to engage the tips of the umbrella 'ribs, means forpreventing the ring from becoming detached from the sleeve, a hookpivotally mounted on the ring so asto project above the sleeveand'adapted to engage an O ject" to support the umbrella, a hook, i' ias to project holding the hooks in theextended and folded conditions,respectively.

2. An attachment for an umbrella stick comprising in combination, asleeve for encircling the stick, a flange at each end of thesaid'sleeve, a ring slidable on the said sleeve,

a'flange at the top of the said ring and provided with two perforationsopposite to each other, two spring-tongues, and a skirt-like extensionat the bottom of said ring adapted to engage the tips of the umbrellaribs and pro- .non-extended osition.

.sleeve, means to hold the latter on the stick,

said sleeve carrying an upwardly and a downwardly, directed hook movableinto engagement with the stick, said sleeve including meansfor holdingboth hooks in extended or one; FRANCIS SHAW.

Vided with two perforations opposite-to each other, a hook withaflattened shank, pivot- V ally mounted on the perforations on one sideof said ring so as to project above the latter and adaptedtosupport thestick, a hook with a flattened shank pivotally mounted in saidperforations at the other side of the said ring 5O tosupport anobjecthungthereon, the fiatsoas to projectfbelowthe latter and adapted 'tenedportions of the shanks of the hooks being adapted to be engaged bythesaid spring tongues. i V j 4 3. An attachment fora stick, comprisingin combination, a band for encircling the stick, pro ecting armspivotally mounted independently of each otheronopposite sides of thesaid band, one of the said arms adapted to rest in the closed conditionclose to the stick and parallel therewith and to be moved outwardly intosuch a position as to enable it to engage: an object to support thestick, the other arm similarly adapted to rest in the

